coronavirus

Namibia will end the nationwide lockdown on 4 May 2020 but will make the wearing of facemasks outside the home mandatory. In an address to the nation on Thursday, President Hage Geigon said that although it is very important to make the people’s health a priority, there was a need for a balance this with […]

Namibia Finance minister Ipumbu Shiimi together with the Social Security chief executive Milka Mungunda launched the National Employment and Salary Protection Scheme for Covid-19 on Monday in Windhoek. Mungunda said before this launch, they considered the following: Assessment of comparative global, regional and local intervention strategies pertaining to social protection interventions. Identification of specific strategies […]

Home affairs minister Farns Kapofi said Namibia’s 14 regions have been clustered into 10 zones, comprising 69 lockdown points between zones, to give impetus to the countrywide lockdown as indicated in the Deployment Plan. The lockdown checkpoints will be established between zones, to ensure that unnecessary vehicle and foot movements are restricted. Existing road traffic […]

Education minister Anna Nghipondoka said teachers are expected to be “physically” at schools 6 May 2020 although learners will stay home until further notice because some schools have no water. She said the ministry is not starting from scratch with online education but only enhancing what has already been there. Most teachers are experienced since […]

Home affairs deputy minister Daniel Kashikola said the life during the lockdown will not be the same because the nature of the state of emergency means certain rights will be taken away. Kashikola, who spoke during Friday’s Covid-19 morning session in Windhoek, said vendors will be allowed to sell their goods especially those selling food […]

The finance ministry paid out more than N$110 million to 146 974 Namibians on Wednesday who applied for the Emergency Income Grant. Tonateni Shindhudhu, the finance ministry spokesperson said the payments were supposed to have been done on Tuesday this week but were delayed because of the verification. Shidhudhu said 327 528 applications were received […]

The Namibian economy is expected to implode further as all sectors take a blow from the Covid-19 pandemic, and fears have surfaced over the future jobs of civil servants. The pandemic and lockdowns will further put a burden on the already cash-strapped government which is already limping with a huge wage bill which takes up […]

Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said of the 333 samples tested,16 were positive and the people were placed under quarantine with one hospitalised. Dr Shangula said 109 were released from the supervised quarantine while 216 still remain. The government, Dr Shangula, said continues to develop infrastructure during this time such as the 4-bed isolation facility, […]

Finance minister Ipumbu Shiimi has launched the N$562m Emergency Income Grant (EIG), a once-off payment of N$750 in cash grant per qualifying person, on the basis of a set of eligibility criteria. This is estimated to benefit up to 739,000 Namibians. over the next days and hours, information on the details of the grant and […]

Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said Namibia now has 13 confirmed COVID-19 cases. Addressing the nation from State House on Wednesday in Windhoek, Dr Shanguka said there were 306 suspected. Of these cases, he said, 150 were tested at the Namibia Institute of Pathology and 156 were sent to Pathcare and forwarded to South Africa. […]